The Old Man

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[Verse 1]
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The tears have all been shed now, we've said our last goodbye's,
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His soul's been blessed,he's laid to rest, and it's now I feel alone,
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He was more that just a father, a teacher my best friend,
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He can still be heard in the tunes we shared,
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as we played them on our own.


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I never will forget him, for he made me what I am,
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Though he may be gone memories linger on,   and I miss him, the old man


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[Verse 2]
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As a boy he'd take me walking, through mountain field and stream,
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And he'd show me things not known to kings, a secret between him and me,
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Like the colours of the pheasent, as she rises in the dawn,
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How to fish and make a wish, beside the holly tree.


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I never will forget him, for he made me what I am,
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Though he may be gone memories linger on,   and I miss him, the old man


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[Verse 3]
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I thought he'd live forever, coz he seemed so big and strong,
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But the minutes fly, the years roll by, for a father and his son,
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Then suddenly when it happened, there was so much left unsaid,
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No second chance to tell him thanks, for everything he's done.


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I never will forget him, for he made me what I am,
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Though he may be gone memories linger on,   and I miss him, My old man